Monmouth women fall to in-state rival Rider, 64-53

5:40 PM,
Jan. 5, 2014

Written by

Josh Newman
| @Joshua_Newman

When the Monmouth University women's basketball team came back from 10 points down for a surprising overtime victory over Fairfield on Friday evening, it featured a late second-half run just to force the extra frame.

Faced with a similar predicament on Sunday afternoon against in-state rival Rider, there would not be a similar outcome.

Sophomore point guard Kasey Chambers, a former star guard at St. Rose High School, scored nine of her career-high 14 points in the second half, while sophomore guard Jasmine Walker added 13 points and 10 rebounds, but the Hawks fell victim to a game-opening ...